Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2023

What are your plans to make this your best year in sales ever? Here are three things I did all those years ago that changed my sales career, and my life, forever: #1) For the first ninety days in 2024, make a commitment to listening to at least ONE call a day. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 15, 2023

This is the fourth in a series of interviews I am conducting with subject matter experts and practitioners in the sales profession. I am examining where we are today with AI in sales and where we are going. AI as a sales assistant The most exciting application of AI will be as a sales assistant.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 11, 2021

Sales people like to talk; if you don’t believe me, just listen to a recording of one of your reps (or of yourself!). Why do sales reps talk so much? In sales, less talking and more questioning and more listening is the key to success. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! This is a problem.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 2, 2024

I’ve helped sales managers and business owners interview hundreds of potential sales reps over the years, and I’ve identified 3 top mistakes that virtually eliminate sales candidates on the spot! Study these 3 interviewing mistakes and make sure YOU don’t make them the next time you’re trying to land your next sales position.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 19, 2024

I don’t know why sales reps still have trouble handing this typical blow off. So let me email you some information so you’ll have it in case you need it. What’s a good email address to send this to?” [Now The next time you get this objection, use the script above and watch how much more effective you become as a sales rep.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 4, 2024

Assessments Compared Data on Sales Excellence Coaching Salespeople MUST READ: Are Assessments as Evil as the Persona Movie Suggests? The Caliper vs OMG Comparison: Which Sales Candidate Assessment is More Predictive? How to Transform Your Sales Pipeline Today Can Malcom Gladwell Explain the Sales Hiring Problem?

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 4, 2022

Yesterday I received a daily email from a Paul Reddick, a baseball coach who was drumming up some business for his baseball institute. It resonated - not for its baseball coaching - but as sales coaching. Here's what it said: If your coach is talking about any of the pitching flaws that you see listed above…. Run… Run Fast!

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Even the best sales technology isn’t as valuable as business relationships. But that is sales tech that doesn’t work. We’re missing out on the human, person-to-person connections that drive sales. Or they’re walking and talking with their wireless earbuds in or yelling at their watch, which is absurd to watch.

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Sales 2.0

JULY 8, 2022

I don’t understand why it is acceptable for a process like cold calling (now often started via email) to work one in a hundred times–or in email efforts one in a thousand times. Meanwhile most high tech companies accept this level of productivity in their sales departments. Is it a good time to talk about this?

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 20, 2021

Top pros are using this time to sharpen their sales skills so they can make a killing in the fourth quarter. For a proven way to make more money, with less rejection, and a way to become more confident and make more sales, take advantage of our Summer Sale! ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Summer kind of slow?

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 17, 2023

So many sales reps are anxious when they speak with a prospect. They know that unless they get these “tough” questions answered, there is no way to move the sale forward. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! It seems they are afraid and think things like: “Will they like my product or service?” “Am

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 27, 2020

When will sales leadership wake up? They still measure the number of dials and emails sent in a day, when the return on these sales activities is dismal. Perhaps it takes so many touches because salespeople use cold calling scripts, talk about themselves, and ask dumb questions like: Are you the person responsible for…?

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Alice Heiman

MARCH 19, 2024

In another insightful episode of “Sales Talk for CEOs” Alice Heiman was joined by Adam Robinson, CEO of Retention.com, who shared his remarkable journey of bootstrapping his company to a $22 million ARR in just four years. His message to CEOs: don’t shy away from technology that can redefine your sales strategy.

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OnePageCRM

JULY 29, 2020

And that is especially true in the case of email marketing. Email marketing has been around a long time. In fact, it dates back to 1978, when a man named Gary Thuerk who worked for Digital Equipment Corp sent his very first email blast to 400 recipients. This computer promotion resulted in a $13 million increase in sales.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 25, 2022

I received the following email from a previous coaching client of mine (Rino Racanelli). His email boils down my sales philosophy, and it shows how much success you can have if you follow just a couple of proven principles. Just wanted to update you on my progress and let you know my sales have increased thanks to you!

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Finding and hiring good inside sales reps has always been a challenge, and it’s gotten even tougher since the pandemic. Recruiters, HR departments, and sales managers are working harder than ever, and they all ask me the same thing: “Where has everyone gone?”. Email me here: Mike@mrinsidesales.com. How about your company?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 22, 2020

At this year’s virtual event Henry Schuck, delivered a keynote presentation called “Hit Your Number: How To Fast-Track Your Outbound Sales and Marketing in Europe.”. It was a powerful talk that covered: How current regulations play into business strategy. To start, we’ll talk about some current regulations. Public tasks.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

It’s time to activate the triple touch sales tactic. What is the Triple Touch in Sales? The ‘touches’ include contacting the prospect three different ways, each time building trust, getting on their radar, and moving them further into the sales funnel. . Adapt it to your talking points. This takes us to today’s post.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 13, 2022

I understand that predictive analysis tools can be accurate at forecasting business trends and sales performance. That depends on whom you’re talking to and what their biases are. Astrologers, business analysts, and sales “experts” all tend to focus on hopeful outcomes that aren’t always grounded in reality.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2021

All eyes are on you, Marketing Manager, to feed the sales team ready-to-close leads. Your content marketing — think blog posts, email sequences, and whitepapers — nurtures the target lead, getting them interested in your product or service. BTW: Are Your Sales and Marketing Teams Aligned? Welcome to lead generation marketing.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 3, 2020

We see deals in our sales pipeline postponed or disappearing. Sales leaders: Lead generation must be your primary focus. What do businesses typically do when clients stop buying and the sales pipeline dries up? If You Freeze Up, So Does the Sales Pipeline. If You Freeze Up, So Does the Sales Pipeline.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 23, 2024

In our digital sales age, we’re seeing increasing attention paid to the idea of personal branding. Although the idea itself is by no means new (a brief history is below), awareness of its importance and value in business – including for sales reps – is now reaching a critical mass of awareness. There’s a problem, however.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 27, 2024

I had a fascinating talk with Dan Seidman recently. Our talk showed how important it is to understand emotions in sales. In this article, I will share the valuable lessons from our talk. These lessons can change how people work in sales and business. It’s about feeling the deeper emotions shaping the talk.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 17, 2023

Writing good emails is vital in sales, and every salesperson has their own email tactic. But you only get one shot at getting your sales emails opened, so it’s critical to do it right. He was named a Top Voice in Sales by LinkedIn in 2021. ” Always start your sales emails with context.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 13, 2023

As prospecting is an extremely critical step in the sales process , adopting AI to help with your processes is worth considering. Read on to learn more about using AI for sales prospecting and specific use cases for generative AI. For example, Content Assistant can help you quickly write emails to your most qualified leads.

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Marc Wayshak

MARCH 13, 2024

The data indicates that the more a salesperson can prompt a prospect to talk , the more likely they are to close the sale successfully. Having a set of quick sales questions to prompt prospects to open up can significantly enhance success in any sales scenario. Check it out. Quick Opening Play. Why do you think that is?

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Autoklose

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Sales is challenging. Having proven rules to follow adds to predictability, which is of paramount importance to every high-performance sales development team. We’ve analyzed all that data and come up with these 10 tips for building and managing a high-performance sales development team. Table of Content 1. Scale Carefully 3.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 11, 2024

For the last six years, I’ve been an avid user and champion of using async video in my day-to-day as a seller — well before joining Loom to lead its Sales and Customer Success teams. I’ve seen the benefit of async video messages to close deals and build prospect relationships as both a quota-carrying seller and a sales team leader.

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Marc Wayshak

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Repeatedly, we’ve witnessed that calls can consistently outperform cold emails. In this article, I’ll guide you on how to make a follow-up call that gets sales meetings. Just as first impressions matter in dating, those initial moments are make-or-break in sales. Get them talking. Check it out: 1.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 16, 2024

As a sales manager, you may feel this pressure more than other department heads. You can increase team productivity by personalizing coaching and improving efficiency in sales team processes. They may have recognized that their reps face bigger challenges in guiding leads through the B2B sales funnel.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 22, 2024

Welcome to "The Pipeline" — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. A significant portion of the B2B prospecting calls you make will end up going to voicemail — making the sales voicemail techniques you leverage and how well you can execute them absolutely crucial to your sales efforts.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

I had a fascinating conversation with an outstanding sales person today. We were talking about his prospecting challenges. ” We talked about some of his strategies. He researched others, understanding their roles and what their companies did, creating personalized emails. Let’s call him “Stephen.”

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SalesHandy

MARCH 21, 2023

Sales email templates work as a great time-saving blessing when one has to send similar emails to multiple recipients who are in different stages of the sales funnel. Only 30% of emails get opened across all industries, making it important to write a compelling sales email that prompts a click.

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Alice Heiman

MAY 19, 2022

People are bombarded with emails and sales messages. By using sales discovery to truly understand the prospect, you can build a relationship and partner with them to solve the challenges they’re facing. JodyGlidden, #CEO of @Introhive, joins #Sales Talk for CEOs to discuss how to approach sales discovery and win new #customers!

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 15, 2024

Welcome to “The Pipeline” — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. I like to call this “ghosting” — when a sales process is chugging along smoothly with a client, you feel positive that the deal will close, and then your prospect disappears without a trace. You made a mistake.

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Marc Wayshak

MARCH 20, 2024

How you start sales conversations often predicts how the rest of the conversation will go—and determines whether you’re going to close the sale. Those initial moments of a sales conversation have a ton of influence over how the whole interaction will play out. Why should I talk to you?” Check it out: 1.

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Autoklose

MARCH 18, 2024

Having a well-versed and highly-skilled sales team is an essential ingredient when it comes to the success of your entire business. When you’re starting out, and it’s just you and maybe another salesperson, it’s not difficult to make a sales strategy, implement it, and learn from the results. Do you have a sales process in place?

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